The Year's Best Horror Stories 9
“R. James, featuring articles relating to the work of the famed English writer along with new fiction written after the style of this master of the ghost story. Peter Shilston has had stories in both of these as well as in other amateur publications. While the reprinting here of “The Catacomb” may mark his first professional appearance as a writer of fiction, Shilston has over seventy articles to his credit on the subject of women’s gymnastics, in which sport he works both as a coach and as a co...rrespondent for various British and American magazines.
Born in 1946, Shilston, who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, is a Cambridge history graduate and earns his living as a teacher of history. He became interested in fantasy at age eleven when he began reading J. R. R. Tolkien, followed by M. R. James and Jorge Luis Borges. “The Catacomb,” Shilston explains, “was actually based on a visit to Sicily two years ago. The town and cathedral represent Cefalu (the site, coincidentally, of Aleister Crowley’s famous ‘abbey’); the catacomb itself is the Capuchin cemetery in Palermo.”MoreLess
Born in 1946, Shilston, who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, is a Cambridge history graduate and earns his living as a teacher of history. He became interested in fantasy at age eleven when he began reading J. R. R. Tolkien, followed by M. R. James and Jorge Luis Borges. “The Catacomb,” Shilston explains, “was actually based on a visit to Sicily two years ago. The town and cathedral represent Cefalu (the site, coincidentally, of Aleister Crowley’s famous ‘abbey’); the catacomb itself is the Capuchin cemetery in Palermo.”MoreLess
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